"double fault" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double faults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double fault (plural double faults)
  1. (tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver. Categories (topical): Tennis Translations (missing of both the first serve and second serve): doble falta (Catalan), dvojchyba [feminine] (Czech), dobbeltfejl [common-gender] (Danish), dubbelfout [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kaksoisvirhe (Finnish), double faute [feminine] (French), Doppelfehler [masculine] (German), kettős hiba (Hungarian), botún dúbailte [masculine] (Irish), dobbeltfeil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), двойная ошибка (dvojnaja ošibka) [feminine] (Russian), doble falta [feminine] (Spanish), dubbelfel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-double_fault-en-noun-NahA7Lih Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis Disambiguation of 'missing of both the first serve and second serve': 91 9
  2. (computing) An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed). Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: CPU exception thrown while trying to handle another exception): kaksoisvirhe (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-double_fault-en-noun-i5lvI1r8 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: CPU exception thrown while trying to handle another exception': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: triple fault [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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